September is
HUNGER ACTION MONTH
There are lots of ways to fight hunger in your community. Here are specific ways to partner with COM in September.
Food Fight
You can support COM's food pantry and help fight hunger by eating at local restaurants during Hunger Action Month (September). Local restaurants are partnering with COM to run various promotions to raise money for the food pantry. Whichever restaurant raises the most money for the food pantry will be crowned the "Food Fight Champion" for 2026!
Are you a Restaurant Owner/Manager?
If you are a restaurant that wants to compete in the "Food Fight," use the registration form on the website above to sign up. You can also learn more about how to participate, including promotional ideas, and the benefits for your restaurant by clicking here to download the Restaurant Interest Packet. This packet also contains a paper registration form if you prefer to sign-up that way.
Learn more at bolivarcom.org/food-fight
Wear Orange
The color for Hunger Action Month is orange, and we want to see you decked out in it! In addition to posting your orange selfies on social media, we are also encouraging all our volunteers to wear orange when they volunteer at COM this month. Each day you wear orange, you will have your name entered into a drawing for a prize at the end of the month.
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Participate in our Canstruction Contest or host Food Drives
Our "Can-Struction Contest" will be taking place November 2026. The idea behind the contest is for church groups, businesses, school classes, and other organizations to collect canned and dry goods and build an artistic sculpture out of those food items. COM then judges each creation to find the best one and the food collected gets donated to COM's food pantry at the end to help out families here in Polk County. Full rules, as well as photos from the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2025 competitions, are listed at bolivarcom.org/canstruction
If your church, school, or club wants to do their own food drive to help the pantry, simply reach out to Kendall at KendallV@bolivarcom.org or 417-326-2769 x1501.
Volunteer
There are countless volunteer opportunities at COM! With such a wide range of ministries and programs, there are always ways for you to serve no matter what your skills or interests may be. Volunteer opportunities are posted at bolivarcom.org/volunteer.
Donate
Consider a Compassion Collaborative membership or donation.
Compassion Collaborative is COM's monthly giving program. Memberships include several benefits, including insider communications and more. More importantly, memberships provide reliable revenue for our ministry to continue and expand our work. Memberships begin at just 65 cents a day, but make a huge difference.
And if you are already a Compassion Collaborative member, perhaps you have debated about increasing your monthly gift. If so, now is a great opportunity to do so.